Yes, toy guns were a no no but making toy swords for a family worship play is okay.
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Remember Daisy, the BB Gun? Some early history
by FatFreek 2005 ini was still a jw at the time and my four boys were always anxious for me to bring home a daisy product.
i did just that during a weekend for a lab tryout.
ha!
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Mandatory Donations-2.
by Atlantis inmandatory donations-2.
catholic church donation cards.
https://uploads.weconnect.com/mce/e114c448f4ab8554ad14eff3d66dfeb3965ce8fc/tithing%20pledge%20card.pdf .
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Awake 75 7/22 states
"It has been contended that remarks made by Jesus Christ in the Sermon on the Mount forbid his followers to take oaths. Jesus stated: “Again you heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You must not swear without performing, but you must pay your vows to Jehovah.’ However, I say to you: Do not swear at all, neither by heaven, because it is God’s throne; nor by earth, because it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. Nor by your head must you swear, because you cannot turn one hair white or black. Just let your word Yes mean Yes, your No, No; for what is in excess of these is from the wicked one.”—Matt. 5:33-37; compare James 5:12.
Did Jesus mean that it is wrong for his followers to take oaths of any kind? No, we cannot draw that conclusion, for various reasons. ..."
They then explain how in Hebraw law they took oaths (which is exactly what Jesus was saying and replacing with a new command) and use that to say it is okay. Then they explain it is a conscience matter, in some circumstances, for you to determine if it is an oath that is against God's will.
Therefore the GB have determined that it is appropriate for JWs to make resolutions or to promise certain monthly amounts. They also have special full time servants sign an oath to obey the GB. Obeying Jesus' words are optional.
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Mandatory Donations??? Is This Accurate?
by Atlantis indoes the information about mandatory donations in this post sound accurate to you?.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/i1gews/new_letter_1000_donations_are_mandatory_now/ petra!
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The Elders letter you just sent out says that the Congregation Elders need to get together to decide if the suggested amount is okay or whether they need to lower or increase the amount. Once that is decided, they need to get a resolution from the Congregation for that amount. The wording in the letter states that the money will come from monthly donations made to the local Congregation.
Because the Elders are required to get a resolution from the Congregation, this now obligates them to donate that stated amount. I agree with the reddit poster, it becomes mandatory (as a Congregation).
There is no date for how long this resolution is to last and there is no provision for the Elders to review that amount.
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Assistance Received!--2020-August-S-147-E Announcements And Reminders! (as of 2020-08-02)
by Atlantis insomeone has stepped forward to assist us.
that sure didn't take very long!.
2020-august-s-147-e announcements and reminders, in english and in german.. .
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That's great news and thanks for the delivery.
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BOE Update! (as of 2020-07-31)
by Atlantis inbody of elder letters, announcements, and so forth will be next to "none" unless more elders decide to contact us and help out.. atlantis has lost three elders in the past two years.
two elders were disfellowshipped, and one disassociated and walk away a month ago.. when this happens receiving confidential documents is severed.
the last announcement we received was 2020-07-23. i was not about to send out a childish letter on "mold" in the kingdom halls.. there are people out there out of work and concerned about what they will eat tomorrow, and the watchtower is concerned with mold!.
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Thanks for all your hard work, Atlantas and Petra.
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Lockdown Blues and my new friend Carl the Cardinal
by GrreatTeacher inthe great lockdown has been mind-numbingly boring.
my husband has been an essential worker, but i have been home and not working.
the only other housemate is a teenager who is on distance learning from college.
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Thanks for the amusing story.
I'll throw some bird seed your way.🐤🐣🐦🐧🐔🐥
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interview going viral
by inbetween09 inthere is apparently an interview being circulated among jw.
me and my pimi wife got it several times.
its from some kind of tv station in us.
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The presenter states this at the start and also expresses how grateful he is at the comfort they are able to provide for her.
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interview going viral
by inbetween09 inthere is apparently an interview being circulated among jw.
me and my pimi wife got it several times.
its from some kind of tv station in us.
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Trump suggests postponing the elections ... I'm not making this up
by RubaDub inelections have been held per the us constitution during many difficult times; us civil war, ww i, ww ii, whatever.
i just put on the pro-trump fox news and even they are saying ... oooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. this is really scary.
are we headed towards a dictatorship?
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This has got to be a sign that Trump has lost confidence that he will win the election.
For a while now, we hav seen Presidents elected for a second term. It will be embarrassing for Trump if this is not also the case for him.
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2020 Convention Friday Highlights: Information Control and Hypocrisy
by neat blue dog inthere's yet another talk to add to the list of talks written specifically for damage control against "apostates".
the speaker says, "some who were once part of the christian congregation attempt to mislead us", that they tell "false accusations" & "lies".
to combat this, he says that you should "protect your ears from damaging noise by not listening to it", comparing it to wearing "noise canceling headphones".
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They are only in the second half of the first day before they started asking for money.
I couldn't believe it, they were supposed to be standing up at the time and were told to be seated as soon as the request was made.